The grass receded, the eyes were full of yellow sand, and the road seemed to come to an end.

After traveling west for three days, walking more than 200 miles, I never met a caravan again, and the bandits who were not long-eyed met a few bands, and turned into unjust spirits under the bows and arrows of the two, and most of the war horses under the seat became the goods of this strange caravan.

Dozens of fully saddled horses, a captive tied to the horse's back.

"We can't go any further, once we get lost in the Great Desert, our brothers will definitely become dried corpses. ”

Li Longbow, who was exploring the way, turned his horse back, and gave the captives a few whips, and for three days he was afraid to guard against them day and night, and the danger he spoke of had no warning, so that the two of them were tired.

The captured horse bandit was in his early twenties, with a long body and a thin face, and he had been whipped several times, and he looked at Li Longbow without saying a word, and the anger and ridicule in his eyes were undisguised.

"Don't fight, camp here tonight, see the scenery of the desert, and return to the camp tomorrow by another way, when he will be rewarded with war exploits and silver." ”

Li Changgong changed his face when he heard the sound, took off the water bag and handed it to the prisoner's mouth, seeing that he drank more than half of it in one go, he put it away, and smiled almost it.

"Big brother, you are also a man, why bother to ask for hardship and tell where the bandit nest is, my brothers and I only need jewels and silver tickets to ensure that they will not hurt you and your subordinates. ”

Hearing Gao Yuan say that he wanted to change the way back to the camp, the prisoners were anxious, the rescuers were nowhere to be seen, there was an accident on the road, and it was not a pity that the twenty horse bandits escorted died.

"If you let me go, you will raise silver taels in the future to repay the kindness of your life today. ”

"Do you think we look like fools? If you let you go, you will be given silver in the future, will you not wake up?"

Li Longbow raised his horsewhip, and the captive stared at him without saying a word.

"Let him go, and we'll have a good talk. ”

Takagaki took care of dozens of war horses and drank water, and after opening the bag and making arrangements, he approached and happened to hear the captive's words.

The tent was stretched out and spread on the ground, and the three of them sat on it, with water bags and food in the middle, and if it were not for the ropes tied to the hands and feet of the captives, it would have looked like a gathering of friends.

"You've been poisoned, it's not light, but it's a pity that I can't prepare an antidote. Gao Yuan opened his mouth casually, the captive's eyelids jumped, staring at him silently, Li Changgong smiled proudly: "Don't make a fuss, the poison master is not proficient, how much do you know a thing or two, if you weren't poisoned, you might have escaped yesterday." ”

The captive's face turned slightly red, and anger was substituted.

When camping last night, the two were busy setting up tents and tying war horses, and for a moment they neglected to tie the captives' feet.

"Bring two horses!"

Gao Yuan's short crossbow pointed at the captive, and he could be shot in an instant, but Li Longbow could not afford to take this risk, so he had no choice but to persuade him: "Don't hurt him, I'll let you go." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, remember to bring that dark cloud treading snow horse over. ”

The captive's hands were tied firmly, that was a unique skill that Gao Yuan learned from the cottage hunters, the more he struggled, the tighter he became, not afraid of his tricks, dozens of steps away was a herd of horses, and it didn't take long to lead two horses over, and the dark clouds followed behind.

"Throw away the crossbow, tie your feet, and don't play tricks, or I'll kill you brother." ”

Unloading the crossbow bolt and throwing away the short crossbow, Takagaki stood still, the captive's feet straining, and Li Longbow's breathing became heavy.

"If you don't do it again, collect his body, Lao Tzu is not afraid of death. ”

"Dark clouds, you can't tame it for a while, give way to each one, I step back, you let him go. ”

The captive's feet were pressed again, Li Changgong's breath was short, and Gao Yuan raised his feet and walked forward, his steps were not big, and he walked slowly, ignoring the threat of the captive.

"You have a wound on your leg, you can't step on him, hehe, you can try, don't wait for you to lift your foot, I promise to separate your limbs." ”

"Stop!"

"Stop!!!"

"Bastard, you won. ”

Gao Yuan held the short knife in his hand, his eyes stared at the captive, step by step and never stopped, the two were getting closer and closer, the captive's face was in cold sweat, when Gao Yuan walked a few steps away and stopped, sat down on the ground, Li Longbow rolled over and got out of control, and when he got up, he had pulled out the long knife on his back.

"Master is going to chop you into sliced meat!"

Gao Yuan finally stopped him, tied the captive's feet, raised his foot and kicked it in the face: "Can't step on the dead? ”

"Gao Yuan, you are playing with the life of the master!"

Slashed with a sheathed long knife, Gao Yuan retreated and dodged, Li Longbow chased and slashed, the two escaped and chased for a long time, Li Longbow slashed a few times, and this was the end.

"You really want to tie your feet and hands, we both have to die, the master is just angry, so I can give a look and make my heart feel better." ”

The captive watched coldly, the trust of the two made him speechless, as Li Changgong said, Gao Yuan really wanted to tie himself up, and the two of them had already become underground souls at this moment.

Rushing this morning, Li Longbow's horsewhip, did not fight the war horse, he smoked the prisoners I don't know how many times, the front chest and back were messy and bloodstained, and he could not kill anyone, and the pain was inevitable.

"What do you mean by raising silver taels in the future?"

The captive did not answer and asked, "Are you really going to let me go?"

"The leader of the horse bandits did not redeem his life in cash, which makes me feel strange, hehe, everyone has secrets, I don't force you. Just one sentence: Why do you make me believe?"

"In the name of Lao Tzu!" said the captive, his face was complicated, proud, sad, and unspeakably lonely.

"Those twenty horse bandits are not my subordinates, they just met each other in person, and promised to protect them with heavy profits, all blame me for being in a hurry, and greedily trying to rob your war horse for a while, which killed them. ”

The captive sighed, sad for the twenty horse bandits who didn't get the silver and gave their lives in vain, and said in a deep voice after a while: "My surname is fifth, my name is Haoxing, in this desert grassland, I led the brothers to rob the illegal caravan of the wealthy families of the Three Kingdoms, and I did not commit any crime against the ordinary business travelers. ”

Li Changgong was not happy when he heard this, and pursed his lips and said sarcastically: "Xingxia, the horse bandit has won the name of a hero, and your two hits are not very good, so blow it." ”

"Hmph, if it weren't for poisoning, you wouldn't be able to survive three moves under my hands!"

"Three tricks, when you are injured, try it, as you said, let you go, and you won't take a penny!"

Gao Yuan waved his hand to stop the two from arguing, and brought the topic back: "Xingxia, since you robbed the caravan of the wealthy family, how could you not have silver taels? Who poisoned you?"

The fifth Haoxing explained indignantly: "These three are rampant with horse bandits, and you soldiers, witch soldiers and mercenaries are not good things, dog-eat-dog fights non-stop, and how many innocent people suffer every year." The stolen silver was used to help the orphans and widows. ”

Li Changgong threw away the horsewhip, Gao Yuan stared into the eyes of the fifth star, as if he wanted to see through him, the two brothers had the same thoughts, if what they said was true, they would release him immediately, but how to verify that he was not lying and deceiving?

"Half a month ago, at the edge of the forest, rescued a few women from the hands of horse bandits, and blamed me for not being strict, some brothers made a joke, although I was beaten with a horse whip, but those women secretly remembered that they were poisoned in the water when they camped at night, and the two sides turned their faces at the moment, they were agile, and the woman in the lead was only stronger than me, and the brothers were killed and injured in order to cover my escape. ”

"How can they be afraid of horse bandits if they have such skills?" Li Changgong grabbed the flaw in his words and asked, and the fifth Haoxing frowned and replied: "At first, I didn't understand, but when I came back, I figured out that they wanted to lure the horse bandits into the forest, have you heard of the blood sacrifice? ”

The fifth star shook his head, gritting his teeth to suppress the grief and indignation of his brother's death and injury.

"They talked privately, I know how much Cuihua speaks, and I overheard it, it seems that one of you has been assassinated, called Qin Rufeng, and it seems that he didn't succeed. ”

"Do you know the name of the leader?" Takagaki asked closely, and the fifth Haoxing replied without thinking, "She reported her name during the fight, Mei Lian, Wizard Cuihua, I am not an opponent." ”

Takagaki Nunu's chin tapped, Li Longbow pulled out a dagger and laughed strangely, cut the rope that bound the fifth star in three or two, and took a few steps back to hold the knife on guard.

"War horses, blades, food and water, you can take whatever you want, and we will settle our grievances. ”

The fifth Haoxing stood up, moved his hands and feet, and asked with a sneer, "You really let me go?"

"Let's go, run as far as we can before we change our minds. Li Changgong did not relax his vigilance, and raised his sword and smiled: "Leave a place, and when you are healed, the master will go to get the lesson." ”

The fifth star saw that the two of them didn't look like acting, so he chose two war horses, put long knives, daggers, bows and arrows into the horse bag, turned over and jumped on the horse's back to leave.

"Wait. Takagaki opened his mouth to stop, and under his hesitant gaze, he took out a few small bottles from his military bag and threw them at him with a smile.

"With these wound medicines, I can't solve the poison in you, the antidote pills distributed by the standard camp may be alleviated, there are words on it, you look at it, be alone, take care all the way." ”

The fifth Haoxing put away the medicine bottle and said goodbye on horseback: "You are Gao Yuan, his name is Li Changgong, I remember it, and I will repay it in the future." After saying that, he was not polite, and the horse galloped away, and the figure quickly disappeared into the vast desert.

"Pack up our things and travel overnight, we will return to the camp as soon as possible. ”